Ready made garments are a part and parcel of our daily life. Clothes are an epitome of a culture. People in different parts of the world have their own styles of dressing which symbolize their culture and status. The Ready made garments industry is increasing day by day due to changes of fashion in day to day life. The textile industry including ready made garments occupies a unique position in the Indian economy. Its predominant presence in the Indian economy is manifested in terms of its significant contribution to the industrial production, employment generation and foreign exchange earnings. The ready made garment industry in India owes its existence to the emergence of a highly profitable market for exports. Ready-made garments account for approximately 45% of India's total textile exports. It has immense potential for employment generation particularly in the rural and remote areas of the country on account of its close linkage with agriculture. They represent value added and less import sub sector. In the recent years, however, the domestic demand has also been growing rapidly. The ready made garments industry in India owes its existence to the emergence of a highly profitable market for exports. The changes in the life style since the onset of the liberalization era, and given the base of the industry for the overseas market, Indian garments industry have taken big strides. The entry of the Indian and global fashion designers has stimulated the market further. The garment segment categories itself into many sub-segments: formal wear and casual wear; women dresses, men and kid wear, suits, trousers, jackets, shirts, sportswear, knitwear. The future of export of ready made garment is very bright and promising. With the rising tailoring costs and relatively low prices of standardized products, the Indian consumer is increasingly taking to ready mades. In the past, the ready mades market was confined mainly to baby dresses and small manila-shirts and dress shirts. Now it has extended to trousers, suits, and lady dresses and, of course, fashion garments for men and women. Ready mades of specific brands have become not only a status symbol; these have brought a more contemporary style in offices as much as in social circles. Franchised boutiques have been established as tools for brand and image building. The future of export of ready made garment is very bright. There are tremendous possibilities for further growth in export of ready made garments. The Indian ready made garment industry has many advantages over its counterparts in other countries. India has second largest labour force in the world to feed labour intensive garment industry. Its basic raw materials namely fabric is mainly indigenous. In the coming years the apparel industry given the vast labour force in the country and the cotton edge can expand its export base considerably. The main asset of Indian garment industry is our skilled labour capable of creating the latest designs and fashions, unbeatable world over. The future of ready made garment is very bright and promising. New entrepreneurs should venture into this sector. Few Indian Major Players are as under: Aafloat Textiles (India) Ltd. Aarvee Denims & Exports Ltd. Acknit Industries Ltd. Addi Industries Ltd. Addon Export House Ltd. Adhunik Yarns Ltd. Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. Aditya Marketing & Mfg. Ltd. Akasha Syncotex Ltd. Alok Apparels Pvt. Ltd. Alok H & A Ltd. Alok Industries Ltd. Alok Retail (India) Ltd. Arintex Global Ltd. Art Leather Ltd. Arvind Brands Ltd. Arvind Clothing Ltd. Arvind Fashions Ltd. Arvind Ltd. Arvind Products Ltd. Ashima Dyecot Ltd. Asman Investments Ltd. Banaras House Ltd. Banswara Syntex Ltd. Bhartiya Global Marketing Ltd. Blue Blends (India) Ltd. Boistur Commercial Ltd. Bombay Rayon Fashions Ltd. Bombay Silk Mills Ltd. Boston Exports Ltd. Brandhouse Retails Ltd. British India Corpn. Ltd. Cantabil Retail India Ltd. Century Textiles & Inds. Ltd. Centwin Textile Mills Pvt. Ltd. Chaya Industries Ltd. Cherma'S Exquisite Ltd. Chinar Exports Ltd. Chiripal Industries Ltd. Citi Global Finance Ltd. Colorplus Fashions Ltd. Coromandel Garments Ltd. Cotton County Retail Ltd. Creative Outerwear Ltd. Crystaline Exports Ltd. Danube Fashions Ltd. Dawn Mills Co. Ltd. Detail Clothing Ltd. Dhar Textile Mills Ltd. Dhruv Globals Ltd. Digjam Ltd. Donear Industries Ltd. Eicher International Ltd. Elar Fashions Ltd. Eskay K'N'It (India) Ltd. Fabritex Exports Pvt. Ltd. Femella Fashions Pvt. Ltd. Gangotri Textiles Ltd. Gapp'S Industries Ltd. Garden Silk Mills Ltd. Garg Acrylics Ltd. Gemini Dyeing & Printing Mills Ltd. Gini & Jony Ltd. Ginni Filaments Ltd. Globus Stores Pvt. Ltd. Gokaldas Exports Ltd. Gulishta Industries Ltd. Gupta Exim (India) Pvt. Ltd. Hai Apparel Ltd. Haria Exports Ltd. Haryana Texprints (Overseas) Ltd. I H H R Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. Indus Clothing Ltd. Indus Fila Ltd. Indus-League Clothing Ltd. Integra Apparels & Textiles Pvt. Ltd. Interads Export Ltd. Intercraft Ltd. International Clothing Inds. Ltd. Italien Jewellery Mfg. Co. Ltd. J C T Ltd. Jagannath Textiles Co. Ltd. Jaypee Spintex Ltd. Jindal Worldwide Ltd. Juliet Products Ltd. Just Textiles Ltd. K G Denim Ltd. K P R Mill Ltd. K S L & Industries Ltd. K-Int'L Textiles Pvt. Ltd. K-Lifestyle & Industries Ltd. Kachins Clothing Ltd. Kalamkari Designs Ltd. Kalptaru Apparels Ltd. Kamadgiri Fashion Ltd. Kariwala Industries Ltd. Karnataka State Powerloom Devp. Corpn. Ltd. Kiran Overseas (Exports) Ltd. Kitex Garments Ltd. Kitex Ltd. Konark Synthetic Ltd. Kothiwal Textiles Ltd. Krishna Knitwear Technology Ltd. Kukar Sons Inter Fashion Ltd. L G B Textiles Ltd. L S Inds. Ltd. Lakshmi Mills Co. Ltd. Leela International Ltd. Leela Lace International Ltd. Leela Scottish Lace Pvt. Ltd. Leena Denim Ltd. Lerros Fashions India Pvt. Ltd. Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd. Link Up Textiles Ltd. Loyal Textile Mills Ltd. M K Exim (India) Ltd. M K Wears Ltd. Madura Garments Exports Ltd. Madura Garments Lifestyle Retail Co. Ltd. Mafatlal Apparel Mfg. Co. Ltd. Magenta Trading Pvt. Ltd. Mallcom (India) Ltd. Malwa Industries Ltd. Mandhana Industries Ltd. Maral Overseas Ltd. Mauria Udyog Ltd. Meenakshi (India) Ltd. Metro Garments Ltd. Milton'S Pvt. Ltd. Mothercare (India) Ltd. Mudra Lifestyle Ltd. N S L Ltd. Nahar Fibres Ltd. Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd. Nandan Exim Ltd. Nash Fashions (India) Ltd. Neerja International Fashions Ltd. Neha Exports Ltd. New India Retailing & Invst. Ltd. O C M India Ltd. Oodlabari Co. Ltd. Orient Craft Ltd. Oswal Retail Pvt. Ltd. Oxemberg Fashions Ltd. Oxford Industries Ltd. Packworth Udyog Ltd. Page Industries Ltd. Pal Synthetics Ltd. Pals Industries Ltd. Pan India Paryatan Ltd. Pantaloon Industries Ltd. Pappilon Exports Ltd. Pasupati Spinning & Wvg. Mills Ltd. Pearl Clothing Ltd. Pearl Global Ltd. Pearl Retail Pvt. Ltd. Pearl Styles Ltd. Pegasus Apparels Ltd. Persian Carpet & Textiles Ltd. Personality Ltd. Peter England Fashion & Retail Ltd. Poddar Developers Ltd. Pokarna Fashions Ltd. Pratibha Syntex Ltd. Precot Meridian Ltd. Premier Synthetics Ltd. Priyadarshini Spinning Mills Ltd. Proline India Ltd. Promising Exports Ltd. Prompt International Ltd. Provogue (India) Ltd. Quantum Knits Pvt. Ltd. R S W M Ltd. Rahul Merchandising Ltd. Rana Polycot Ltd. Raymond Apparel Ltd. Raymond Ltd. Rehabilitation Industries Corpn. Ltd. Reid & Taylor (India) Ltd. Richa Industries Ltd. Ritesh Properties & Inds. Ltd. Royal Industries Ltd. S Kumars Nationwide Ltd. S N S Clothing Pvt. Ltd. S P L Industries (Shivalik Prints) Ltd. S T L Global Ltd. S V G Fashions Ltd. Sagar Silk Inds. Ltd. Sam Spintex Ltd. Sangeet Syntex Ltd. Santosh Fine-Fab Ltd. Saran Trading Co. Ltd. Sarda Information Technology Ltd. Sarla Fabric Ltd. Scott Industries Ltd. Shamken Cotsyn Ltd. Shiva Texfabs Ltd. Shiva Texyarn Ltd. Shivagrico Implements Ltd. Shri Dinesh Mills Ltd. Shri Lakshmi Cotsyn Ltd. Silvia Apparels Ltd. Siyaram Silk Mills Ltd. Snowhite Apparels Ltd. Sohum Shoppe Ltd. Solitaire Fashions Ltd. Soma Textiles & Inds. Ltd. Somany Evergreen Knits Ltd. Soundcraft Industries Ltd. Spice Islands Apparels Ltd. Sports & Leisure Apparel Ltd. Stripes Apparels Ltd. Subhash Polytex Ltd. Suditi Industries Ltd. Sueryaa Knitwear Ltd. Sulochana Cotton Spg. Mills Pvt. Ltd. Sunlord Apparels Mfg. Co. Ltd. Super House Ltd. Super Spinning Mills Ltd. Superfine Knitters Ltd. Superhouse Ltd. Supreme Tex Mart Ltd. Suryakiran International Ltd. Suryavanshi Spinning Mills Ltd. Suryavanshi Textiles Ltd. Suvidhi Weavers Ltd. Swasti Vinayaka Synthetics Ltd. Tara Fabrics India Ltd. Technocraft Exports Pvt. Ltd. Technocraft Industries (India) Ltd. Texport Industries Ltd. Thapar Exports Ltd. Trigger Apparels Ltd. United Breweries (Holdings) Ltd. Unitex Designs Ltd. Uniworth Textiles Ltd. Vardhman Polytex Ltd. Vardhman Texgarments Ltd. Veejay Lakshmi Textiles Ltd. Venus Garments (India) Ltd. Vijayakumar Mills Ltd. Viniyoga Clothex Ltd. Zodiac Clothing Co. Ltd.